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Canton of Bern

Canton · 334 municipalities with parcel data

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

Gaps in the parcel data

3 municipalities have partial parcel data and are marked in the table.

The parcel data lists 459’604 parcels in the canton of Bern, covering 5’448 km². 57.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’131 m².

Key figures

Parcels
459’604
11.8% of Switzerland
Total area
5’448 km²
14.6% of Switzerland
Median area
1’131 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
57.2%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1975
Switzerland: 1975

About the canton of Bern

The canton of Bern ranks 2nd of the 25 cantons with largely complete parcel data by number of parcels and 2nd by total parcel area. Of its 334 municipalities with parcel data, Bern (16’975), Köniz (9’293) and Thun (8’550) have the most parcels, which together hold 7.6% of the canton's parcels.

The median parcel in the canton measures 1’131 m², larger than the Swiss median of 881 m². The canton is more built-up than Switzerland as a whole: 57.2% of its parcels have a building, against 51% nationwide. Among its municipalities with at least 500 parcels, Bremgarten bei Bern has the highest share of built parcels (88.1%) and Ochlenberg the lowest (24.2%). Trub has the largest median parcel (7’950 m²) and Bremgarten bei Bern the smallest (437 m²).

According to the building register, a building in the canton holds 1.3 dwellings on average, against 1.5 across Switzerland. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.5% of them, against 63.6% across Switzerland. Non-residential buildings account for 41.5% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (21.6% of them), and 18.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is the same as in Switzerland as a whole.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 263’120 (57.2%)

Unbuilt: 196’484 (42.8%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
Landwirtschaftszone110’6992’351.16 km²32.2%
Wohnzone 2-geschossig12’0989.20 km²85.8%
Landwirtschaftszone_/_übriges_Gebiet11’063203.74 km²21.8%
Landwirtschaftszone LWZ10’681184.08 km²29.6%
Wohnzone_W29’9906.92 km²88.7%
Wohnzone W28’6056.94 km²86.1%
Landwirtschaftszone_LWZ7’21699.30 km²24.6%
Wohnzone 27’0005.02 km²87.5%
Zone agricole6’141151.33 km²16.6%
uebriges Gebiet5’809144.61 km²8.5%
übriges Gebiet5’809108.44 km²18.2%
Zone_agricole4’51276.64 km²25.6%
Other zones (4’012 labels)259’9782’100.46 km²70.6%
No zone30.05 km²0.0%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 458’598 buildings with 596’374 dwellings here; 129’404 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
458’598
Dwellings
596’374
Single-family houses
129’404
Building volume
607 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential225’105
  • Mixed use13’900
  • Non-residential190’219
  • Other29’374

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 192039’867
  • 1920-194525’079
  • 1946-196027’436
  • 1961-198056’907
  • 1981-200055’553
  • 2001-201023’977
  • 2011-202017’953
  • 2021 and later5’964
  • Unknown year10’384

Maps and geodata for the canton of Bern

geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for the canton of Bern. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.

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